The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-29
4 ROYAL TRAIN


OF Pullman Comedies Goes Over the Pan
IInndle-A Hotel on Wheels.
Yesterday afternoon about Q O'Clock
there passed through Wheeling Junction
and s~teubenyille, over the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati & st. Louis road, the famous
vestibuled train, about which considera.
BILE has been printed. It was on its wsy
from Pittsburgh to Columbus, Ciucinnati
Chicago and st. Louis, where it poes IL
be exhibited as 1t has been in all the lead
ing Eastern cities. The purpose of this
present trip is to let tho public see and
examine this modern marvel in the WAY
OF railroad construction. The train ia the
idea OF Pnllnsn. the great Sleeping and
parlcr car builder, being the result Of Ills
ripeat thought.
An lSTELLlGESCER representative Tss
among the four or Eve hundred that ex.
amlned the train at Steubenville, II is
made up OF three Pullman s%leepers,
s%umptuously furnished, Oh elegant dining
coach and a combination smoker and bag.
gage car, the last containing, in addition
to the customary conyeniences, a we'll.
stored library and d barber shop, thor.
oughly appointed, together with a bath.
room. The entire train is q continuous
suite Of rooms. Each platform is extend.
ed IN the form OF a y~estibule, with q dou.
bio leaved door on either side. and the in.
teryal between each pair OF vestibules ia
filled by q practical buffer, reaching from
platform to roof and holding the ends OF
the two cars firmly yet tisxibly together:
thus overcoming the ~sSaying motion
which 10 go annoying TO most pas.
sengcrs when running at hiyh
Rpeed, besides shutting out dust.
cinders and cold air, The
buffers arc Of steel, in the form OF an in.
verted n, and the flexible backing to each
is OF heavy rubber. With leaves like those
OF an accordion. The vestibule ia thus
made o part OF the cars which it uuites
ann 1t is quite as comfortable u place 70
ride rs in any other portion OF the train.
1t is lighted by large plato glass windows
by day and by its especial chandelier at
night, and It il Aested and yentilsied the
same as tho cars proper. But tho most
important consideration ia the fact, an.
parent upon the most casual examination.
that with these v%estibuies te%lescoping is an
impossibilily; for under no circumstances
could one car override another, even
though one Of a pair Of connected cara
should be slightly higher than it's fellow,
The sleeping cars, America, "Eng!aud.n
and ~"france," Art finished in q rare kind
Of mahogany and upholstered in pale blue
plush. The staterooms are finished in
satinwood and upholstered in rich term
Gotta. The Ponce dc Leon is the dining
car. Its roomy interior is provided with
tables accommodating about forty persons.
The French oak finish, myrtle rreen
plush, china and oliver table service. with
cut flowers and tastslully prepared menus
form a tempting sight. The corposite
car, "Esperanza," is finished in English
onk. The floors throughout arc coyered
with Wilton carpets, and tho windowe,
which ate unusually large, are filed with
plate glass. Beautifully decorated ceil.
ings support numerous richly tin;phed
lamps. The Baker heater suppIies neoded
warmth. Toile, rooms, complete in their
appointments, arc in eRch car. It will bs
run in q few days as n limited exprese BIO.
tween New York and Chicago.